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SUMMARY:Author Event: Brooks Kolb’s memoir\\, Landscape in Lavender
DESCRIPTION:RSVP TO THIS EVENT HERE\\nIn youth\\, Brooks Kolb traveled fr
 om city to city\\, finding different parts of himself — queerness para
 mount among them. Spanning the sexual liberation of the 70s and the AIDS 
 epidemic of the 80s\\, Brooks Kolb’s Landscape in Lavender traces one m
 an’s journey towards self-discovery and the loves that bloom in the lig
 ht of self-acceptance. In conversation with Michael Bosnick\\, join Brook
 s Kolb for the NYC launch of his debut book. \\nBrooks Kolb was educated
  at the American College in Paris\\, University College London\\, and the
  University of Pennsylvania. At Penn he trained in landscape architecture
  under Ian McHarg\\, famed author of Design With Nature\\, and with Lauri
 e Olin\\, subject of the 2024 documentary Sitting Still. After coming out
  of the closet\\, he moved to San Francisco\\, where he witnessed two key
  periods of gay history: the post-Stonewall era of sexual liberation and 
 the tragic AIDS epoch. The principal of Brooks Kolb LLC Landscape Archite
 cture\\, Brooks’s practice is devoted to residential garden design. A l
 ong-term park preservation advocate and founding member of Seattle’s Vo
 lunteer Park Trust\\, he currently serves on the boards of Allied Arts of
  Seattleand the Allied Arts Foundation. An avid swimmer\\, Brooks lives i
 n Seattle with his husband\\, Dennis\\, and their miniature schnauzer\\, 
 Stella.\\nMichael Bosnick is a recently retired New York City government 
 Deputy Commissioner\\, with additional stints in magazine publishing (mar
 keting) and non-profit youth services programming.  His government caree
 r consisted of three phases: child welfare\\, affordable housing\\, and a
 ging services. \\nThe Bureau of General Services—Queer Division is Man
 hattan’s only queer bookstore\\, located on the second floor of the LGB
 T Center. We’re open Tuesday-Sunday from 1-7pm and accessible by the 6t
 h Ave 1 2 3 L trains and 8th Ave A C E trains. Our cafe\\, The Bureau Caf
 e\\, is open Tuesday-Sunday from 9am-7pm.\\nhttps://www.gayout.com/usa-ca
 nada/united-states/new-york/events/author-event-brooks-kolb-s-memoir-land
 scape-in-lavender-2026-10-18-2
LOCATION:Bureau of General Services-Queer Division
URL:https://www.gayout.com/usa-canada/united-states/new-york/events/author-event-brooks-kolb-s-memoir-landscape-in-lavender-2026-10-18-2
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